Phylum

Chytridiomycota (Chytrids)

Synchytrium taraxaci. Photo: (c) ðejay (Orkney), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Chytridiomycota is a division of zoosporic organisms in the kingdom Fungi, informally known as chytrids. The name is derived from the Greek χυτρίδιον chytridion, meaning “little pot”, describing the structure containing unreleased zoospores. Chytrids are one of the early diverging fungal lineages, and their membership in kingdom Fungi is demonstrated with chitin cell walls, a posterior whiplash flagellum, absorptive nutrition, use of glycogen as an energy storage compound, and synthesis of lysine by the α-amino adipic…

— Wikipedia

Subtaxa

Class: Synchytriomycetes

Where in Humboldt

Discussion

PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA, THE CHYTRIDS